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  • 8 Questions From the Justices That Put Trump's Travel Ban to Test

    Marcia Coyle |April 25, 2018

    Here are eight questions posed during the argument. By the end, there appeared to be a majority that could favor the Trump administration.

  • Skadden’s Pat Fitzgerald Representing ‘Best Friend’ Jim Comey

    Roy Strom |April 25, 2018

    A pair who became best buddies at the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan have officially reunited as a lawyer-client combo.

  • Trump's Statements on Travel Ban Dominate Supreme Court Arguments

    Marcia Coyle |April 25, 2018

    "The president could have distanced himself [from his statements and tweets] but instead embraced them," Hogan Lovells partner Neal Katyal, arguing for Hawaii, told the justices Wednesday.

  • News

    Jeff Sessions Deflects Questions About Role in Michael Cohen Investigation

    C. Ryan Barber | April 25, 2018

    “The best answer for me, having given it some thought, is that I shouldn’t announce that,” the U.S. attorney general said in testimony Wednesday about whether he had recused in the probe of Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.

  • News

    Lucasfilm Wins Early Battle With App Maker Over 'Sabacc' Trademark

    Ross Todd | April 25, 2018

    In the "Star Wars" universe, Han Solo won the iconic Millennium Falcon spaceship by beating Lando Calrissian in a game of Sabacc. In court, Lucasfilm beat back a motion to dismiss its trademark lawsuit against Ren Ventures.

  • Chart

    Law Grads Hiring Report: Job Stats for the Class of 2017

    Karen Sloan | April 25, 2018

    The law class of 2017 overall fared better in the entry-level job market, but national figures obscure the extreme stratification of employment success for grads from individual schools. Our 10 charts break down all the latest hiring data, showing the schools that excelled—and those that lagged behind.

  • News

    Why Judge John Bates Embraced 'Undocumented' Over 'Illegal' in DACA Ruling

    Mike Scarcella | April 25, 2018

    In his ruling against the Trump administration's move to rescind the DACA immigration program, U.S. District Judge John Bates explained, in a footnote, his reasons for choosing "undocumented" over "illegal."

  • News

    Merck Moves to MDL Cases Over Its Shingles Vaccine

    Amanda Bronstad | April 24, 2018

    Merck has moved to coordinate dozens of lawsuits brought over injuries allegedly caused by its shingles vaccine, Zostavax.

  • Trump's Tweets, Kennedy & More: What to Watch at Travel Ban Arguments

    Marcia Coyle | April 24, 2018

    Four things to watch Wednesday morning when the justices take up argument over the Trump administration's travel ban. Trump's said a lot about the ban. How much will his words matter?

  • News

    SEC Wallops Yahoo With $35M Penalty Over Breach Disclosures—or Lack Thereof

    Ross Todd | April 24, 2018

    The company, now known as Altaba, has settled SEC claims that it misled investors about a 2014 data breach which affected more than 500 million user accounts.

  • News

    How DC Firms Stack Up in the Am Law 100

    Ryan Lovelace | April 24, 2018

    All in all, it was a strong revenue year for big law firms in Washington and beyond.

  • News

    Amid Mueller Probe, Gregory Craig Retires From Skadden

    Brian Baxter | April 24, 2018

    The former White House counsel has left Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in Washington, D.C., as the firm’s ties to Ukraine’s former government continue to be of interest to special counsel Robert Mueller III.

  • News

    Meet the Florida Lawyer Who's Calling Foul on Workplace Rules for NFL Cheerleaders

    Erin Mulvaney | April 24, 2018

    "If a cheerleader says she wants to make a billion dollars from this, I would probably find them someone else," said Sara Blackwell, the Sarasota, Florida, lawyer representing cheerleaders who are challenging employment rules.

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  • News

    Drugmakers Focused on Profits Over Patients, Jurors Told During Xarelto Closings

    Max Mitchell | April 24, 2018

    If Janssen Pharmaceuticals was the Cleveland Cavaliers, then its blockbuster blood thinner medication Xarelto was the company's LeBron James, an attorney suing the drugmaker told a Philadelphia jury during closing arguments in the latest state court trial over the drug's safety.

  • News

    As Cosby Case Closes, 'Who Are You Going to Believe?'

    Lizzy McLellan | April 24, 2018

    On the 12th day of Cosby's retrial on aggravated indecent assault charges, two lawyers from Cosby’s team—Kathleen Bliss and Tom Mesereau—split their final argument on Cosby’s behalf. Following suit, Kristen Gibbons Feden and M. Stewart Ryan split the prosecution’s closing argument.

  • News

    Northwestern Is the Latest Top Law School to Name a Woman Dean

    Karen Sloan | April 24, 2018

    Kimberly Yuracko said she wants to make Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law a career resource for all alumni, not just recent graduates.

  • News

    Splintered Supreme Court Shields Foreign Corporations From Alien Tort Statute

    Tony Mauro | April 24, 2018

    The splintered 91-page decision in Jesner v. Arab Bank—Justice Kennedy wrote for the majority—narrows the reach of the Alien Tort Statute and finishes a task the court left incomplete in its 2013 ruling in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum.

  • News

    High Court Rejects Challenge to PTO Patent Validity Review With Caveats Added

    Scott Graham | April 24, 2018

    But the justices suggest procedure might not cover patents issued before 2011 passage of America Invents Act.

  • News

    Xarelto Plaintiffs Say Excluded Evidence Led to Defense Verdicts

    Amanda Bronstad | April 23, 2018

    Plaintiffs who lost all three bellwether trials over Xarelto last year have asked an appeals court to vacate the decisions, saying the judge improperly excluded evidence and gave jurors incorrect instructions.

  • News

    SEC Punishes Shkreli With Stock Trading Sanctions

    Andrew Denney | April 23, 2018

    The SEC has hit former pharmaceutical executive and convicted stock fraudster Martin Shkreli with a sanction barring him from associating with brokers and ratings agencies.

  • News

    Justin Muzinich, Trump’s Pick for Treasury's No. 2, Files Ethics Pledge, Income Disclosure

    MP McQueen | April 23, 2018

    Justin Muzinich, counselor to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and the Trump administration's pick for deputy secretary, reveals more than $17 million in mostly investment income, and ethics pledge in new disclosures.

  • News

    Video: Tony Mauro Catches Up With Sidley's Carter Phillips

    ALM Staff| April 23, 2018

    "I am very happy to be back just practicing law," says Carter Phillips, formerly chairman of Sidley Austin's executive committee.

  • Commentary

    Trump Is Close to Being Right on the Attorney-Client Privilege—But for All the Wrong Reasons

    Jay Sterling Silver| April 23, 2018

    Although for an entirely wrong reason, the president wasn’t too far away from being right about the present condition of the privilege.

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  • News

    Fourth Circuit Rejects Appeal of Decision Nixing Table-Saw Antitrust Claims

    Michael Riccardi | April 23, 2018

    The Fourth Circuit held that Oregon-based saw-maker SawStop's allegations that the companies had colluded to boycott its patented injury-prevention technology were barred by the four-year statute of limitations for antitrust claims.

  • News

    McIver Defense Promises to Appeal Jury's Guilty Verdict for Murder

    R. Robin McDonald | April 23, 2018

    The jury also convicted McIver of aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and influencing a witness.

  • Apple's First-Ever CFPB Lobbying Focuses on Mobile Payments

    C. Ryan Barber | April 23, 2018

    Apple's latest U.S. lobbying disclosure showed the company's $2.14 million in the first quarter was the second-highest ever spent.

  • News

    Gibson Dunn Adds Ex-DOJ Official, Anti-Money Laundering Pro

    Ryan Lovelace | April 23, 2018

    Kendall Day was most recently an acting deputy assistant attorney general in the Criminal Division, where he earlier led the agency's anti-money laundering and asset recovery section.

  • News

    Justices Steer Clear of Debate Over Presidential Firing Power

    Tony Mauro | April 23, 2018

    Though Deputy Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall raised the removal issue more than once, some justices seemed uninterested or antagonistic, preferring to sort out the hiring implications of the designation of officers.

  • Rod Rosenstein's Borrowed SCOTUS Garb Was 'Not Bad,' but Will He Win the Justices?

    Marcia Coyle | April 23, 2018

    Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, attired in the government's traditional Supreme Court garb of morning coat and vest—borrowed for the event from the U.S. Solicitor General's Office—made his first high court appearance Monday.

  • News

    Judge Delivers Allen Charge to Deadlocked Tex McIver Jury

    R. Robin McDonald | April 23, 2018

    The jury told the judge Monday that they cannot decide whether Tex McIver intended to kill his wife when he shot her.

  • News

    No Standing for Monkey to Bring Selfie Copyright Suit

    Scott Graham | April 23, 2018

    Ninth Circuit Judges Carlos Bea and N. Randy Smith said an en banc panel of the court ought to reconsider whether animals ever have standing to bring claims.

  • News

    Hank Asbill Jumps to Buckley Sandler From Jones Day

    Ryan Lovelace | April 23, 2018

    The move takes Asbill from a firm with more than 2,500 lawyers to one with about 150.

  • News

    Stanford Law's Jeffrey Fisher, Veteran SCOTUS Lawyer, Joins O’Melveny as Special Counsel

    Tony Mauro | April 23, 2018

    Fisher, who has argued 35 cases before the high court, will maintain his position at Stanford and as co-director of its Supreme Court clinic, a position he's held since 2006.

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  • News

    Exxon Mobil Appeals Dismissal of Bid to Derail State AGs' Climate Change Actions

    Colby Hamilton | April 20, 2018

    The energy company, facing probes into whether it deceived shareholders and the public over climate change, saw its suit against the attorneys general tossed in late March.

  • News

    Tex McIver Jury Calls it a Week—Without a Verdict

    R. Robin McDonald | April 20, 2018

    Jurors deliberating the fate of former Fisher & Phillips partner Tex McIver said they were going home at 4 p.m., apparently changed their minds, then changed them back. At 4:10 p.m., the jury said, buh-bye.

  • News

    Trump Turns to Florida Lawyers; Speaker Shuffle; Martin on the Move

    Ryan Lovelace | April 20, 2018

    Washington Wrap is a weekly look at the biggest legal industry news and Big Law moves shaping the legal business in Washington, D.C.

  • News

    Law Grad Employment Rate Improves Thanks to Smaller Class

    Karen Sloan | April 20, 2018

    The class of 2017 posted gains in jobs requiring a law degree, but the number of jobs in which a law degree offers an advantage declined significantly.

  • News

    DNC Files Civil Suit Against Trump, Russia Over Election Hacking

    Colby Hamilton | April 20, 2018

    The suit, drawing on the volume of reporting over the issue, seeks to subject Trump campaign officials, as well as Russia, to the civil discovery process.

  • Analysis

    Higher Law: Your 4/20 Update on Cannabis as a Practice

    Cheryl Miller | April 20, 2018

    What do President Trump's statements on marijuana might mean for state-legalization efforts? Plus, California is trying—again—to find a banking solution for cannabis businesses and a marijuana law boutique expands to meet demand.

  • News

    Documents: Feds Hit Wells Fargo for $1B Penalty for Consumer Abuses

    Mike Scarcella | April 20, 2018

    The $1 billion penalty imposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau marks the largest in the agency's history.

  • News

    Transgender Professor, Denied Reinstatement After Jury Win, Plans to Appeal

    Erin Mulvaney | April 19, 2018

    “We think the court was wrong,” Ezra Young said. “This was a situation where Dr. Tudor had a rare job, a tenure-track job, where you don’t lose it no matter what. They tried to strip her of that and a jury agreed.”

  • News

    Giuliani Joins Trump Legal Team, Takes Leave from Greenberg Traurig

    Christine Simmons | April 19, 2018

    The former New York mayor will serve as a personal lawyer for the president.

  • News

    Riley Safer's New Managing Partner Could Be a First for Law Firm Diversity

    Meghan Tribe | April 19, 2018

    Schiff Hardin spinoff Riley, Safer, Holmes & Cancila has appointed co-founding partner Patricia Brown Holmes as its new managing partner, making her potentially the first female black leader of a national law firm.

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  • News

    Alexander Hamilton Gets Honorary Degree From Albany Law School

    Karen Sloan | April 19, 2018

    The Founding Father never attended a formal law school, but Albany Law School plans to give him an honorary degree next month to recognize his influence in the city and his contributions to the country.

  • News

    A Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower’s Challenge to Social Media Collection

    Ian Lopez | April 19, 2018

    A veteran of data collection for political campaigns and social media, Brittany Kaiser says technologies like smart contracts can help build a framework for personal data as personal property.

  • News

    Mueller's Appellate Specialists Make Debut, Defending Manafort Charges in Trial Court

    C. Ryan Barber | April 19, 2018

    Michael Dreeben and Elizabeth Prelogar, both from the U.S. Solicitor General's Office, teamed up with Adam Jed, another Justice Department appellate specialist, to defend the criminal charges against Paul Manafort at a hearing Thursday in Washington's federal trial court.

  • News

    Stris & Maher, the LA Boutique, Claims 'Total Victory' in Settlement About Alleged Trump Affair

    Marcia Coyle | April 19, 2018

    Peter Stris, who has argued seven U.S. Supreme Court cases, called ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal's settlement "probably the most rewarding result I ever got in my career."

  • News

    The Supreme Court's 'Little Pink House' Case Hits the Silver Screen

    Tony Mauro | April 19, 2018

    The film recounts the 2005 eminent domain case "Kelo v. New London."

  • News

    February Bar Exam Performance Hits Record Low

    Karen Sloan | April 19, 2018

    A decline in the average MBE score from the February 2018 bar exam does not bode well for pass rates, which are beginning to trickle out.

  • News

    SEC OKs Best-Interest Proposal for Brokers

    Melanie Waddell| April 19, 2018

    The proposal will go out for a 90-day comment period; Commissioner Kara Stein dissented.

  • News

    Reed Smith Snags Steptoe & Johnson Trio for Pension Practice

    Xiumei Dong | April 18, 2018

    Reed Smith has hired a three-lawyer group for its public pension fund and tax wealth planning practices.

  • News

    Southwest Airlines Passengers Looking to Lawyer Up After Emergency Landing

    Samantha Joseph | April 18, 2018

    Less than 24 hours after a Dallas-bound Southwest Airlines jet made an emergency landing in Philadelphia Tuesday, attorney Ladd Sanger had already fielded two calls from passengers.

  • News

    Atlanta Law Firm Presses Fee Fight in US Supreme Court Bankruptcy Case

    Marcia Coyle | April 18, 2018

    The law firm Lamar, Archer & Cofrin claims that a client’s fraudulent statement about a single asset does not allow his debt to the firm—more than $104,000 in legal fees—to be discharged in a bankruptcy.

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  • News

    Navient Seeks Dismissal of Securities Suit Over Student Loan Reporting

    Tom McParland | April 18, 2018

    Navient Corp. is challenging assertions in a securities class action that top executives at the Wilmington-based Sallie Mae spin-off knew the firm was underreporting to investors the number of delinquent accounts in its student loan portfolio.

  • News

    Gibson Dunn's Ted Olson Puts New Squeeze on Consumer Bureau

    C. Ryan Barber | April 18, 2018

    A team from Gibson Dunn fought the CFPB in the D.C. Circuit—and now they're in the Fifth Circuit challenging the agency's single-director design. Will one of these cases reach the U.S. Supreme Court?

  • News

    Judge Rejects Class Action Settlement Despite DOJ's 'About-Face'

    Amanda Bronstad | April 18, 2018

    A federal judge has rejected approval of a class action settlement that drew an unusual objection from the U.S. Justice Department, but one that it withdrew.

  • News

    Federal Judiciary Updates Congress on Workplace Misconduct Review

    Mike Scarcella | April 18, 2018

    “What we’ve been hearing—and what’s supported by all the studies we’ve examined up to this point—employees need and want a less formalistic process," James Duff, director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, told members of Congress on Wednesday.

  • News

    Plaintiffs Bar Looks to Cash In on #MeToo

    Meghan Tribe | April 18, 2018

    In an effort to capture legal work emanating from the #MeToo movement, plaintiffs firms across the country are registering website domain names and funding television commercials in their quest for big paydays.

  • News

    How Lawyers Used CFIUS Review to Defeat Broadcom’s Takeover of Qualcomm

    MP McQueen | April 18, 2018

    The White House blocked Broadcom’s $117 billion bid to take over Qualcomm by issuing an executive order in March, citing national security concerns. Could it be the "poison pill" of the future?

  • News

    Proposed Student Loan Cap Could Devastate Law Schools

    Karen Sloan | April 18, 2018

    Experts worry that provisions within the pending reauthorization of the Higher Education Act will exacerbate legal education's diversity challenges and put a J.D. out of reach of low-income students.

  • News

    Trial Pro Billy Martin Jumps to Barnes & Thornburg

    Ryan Lovelace | April 18, 2018

    Less than three years after joining Miles & Stockbridge, Billy Martin is on the move again.

  • News

    One Challenge of Being a Career Government Official: Fall in Line or Quit?

    Erin Mulvaney | April 18, 2018

    “If you are in any organization, whether it's the government or a corporation or a law firm and you believe that what's going on around you is illegal, I think that changes your calculus," Wilmer's David Ogden says.

  • News

    DLA Piper Notches $45M Win in Maryland Landfill Fight

    Greg Land | April 18, 2018

    In a dispute going back nearly 30 years, the Harford County in Maryland was hit with a verdict of more than $45 million for its successful efforts to block construction of a rubble-fill project the county originally asked for.

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  • News

    Fox News Backs Hannity, Who Says Cohen 'Never Represented' Him

    Colby Hamilton | April 17, 2018

    While the Fox News host downplayed his relationship to Cohen on Monday, the network stated Tuesday that Hannity continues to have its "full support."

  • News

    'Not Worried About Blowback': Lawyers for Sandy Hook Families Discuss Suit Against InfoWars' Alex Jones

    Robert Storace | April 17, 2018

    Two families of children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting sue InfoWars host Alex Jones for defamation.

  • News

    With DOJ Asking to Vacate Joe Arpaio's Contempt Record, Ninth Circuit to Appoint Special Prosecutor

    Ross Todd | April 17, 2018

    In dissent from the motion panel's order, Circuit Judge Richard Tallman wrote that Perkins Coie, which has represented amici pushing for a special prosecutor, should be precluded from getting the nod since the firm "represented President Trump’s former political rival, Hillary Clinton."

  • News

    Justices Eye Congress, 'Massive' Lawsuit Potential in Online Sales Tax Case

    Marcia Coyle | April 17, 2018

    "I'm concerned about the many unanswered questions that overturning precedents will create," Justice Sonia Sotomayor said at one point during the argument Tuesday.

  • News

    Read the Documents: Sandy Hook Families Sue InfoWars' Alex Jones

    Robert Storace | April 17, 2018

    Two families that lost children in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have sued Infowars and two of its employees, claiming the media outlet defamed them.

  • News

    Conservative Law Prof Heckled by CUNY Protestors Warns of Troubling Trend

    Karen Sloan | April 17, 2018

    Josh Blackman, a professor at South Texas College of Law Houston, says "there is a lot of silence from people who should be speaking out about this."

  • News

    NFL Sued by 9 Former Security Reps for Age Discrimination

    Colby Hamilton | April 17, 2018

    The plaintiffs allege issues arose after the NFL hired Cathy Lanier, the former Washington, D.C., chief of police, as its new security chief in 2016.

  • News

    Morris Manning Adds 8 Lawyers in DC Growth Spree

    Meredith Hobbs | April 17, 2018

    Managing partner Louise Wells said the Atlanta firm aims to double the size of its Washington office in the next five years.

  • News

    Supreme Court Ruling Ends Microsoft Email Privacy Case

    Tony Mauro | April 17, 2018

    “No live dispute remains between the parties over the issue with respect to which certiorari was granted,” the court stated in a three-page order.

  • News

    Sotomayor On the Bench After Breaking Her Shoulder at Home Monday

    Tony Mauro | April 17, 2018

    "Justice Sotomayor plans to continue with her schedule as usual,” a Supreme Court spokesperson said in a statement.

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  • News

    Judge Certifies Class of Illinois Facebook Users in Privacy Suit Over Facial Recognition

    Ross Todd | April 16, 2018

    The lawsuit, set to go to trial in July, confronts the company with billions in potential damages.

  • News

    Supreme Court Eyes Relaxing Rule on Foreign Patent Damages

    Scott Graham | April 16, 2018

    Despite possibility of "chaos," presumption against extraterritorial application may give way to simple proximate cause test, justices suggest.

  • News

    Squire Hires Ex-Boehner Aide Who Helped Pass Trump Tax Reforms

    Ryan Lovelace | April 16, 2018

    David Stewart, who was House Speaker John Boehner's policy director before becoming staff director for the House Ways and Means Committee's GOP majority, is joining his old boss at Squire Patton Boggs later this month.

  • News

    Yale Law's James Forman Jr., Former O'Connor Clerk, Wins Pulitzer

    Tony Mauro | April 16, 2018

    “Clerking exposed me to the dreary state of criminal defense representation in trial courts around the country," Forman said in a recent interview with The National Law Journal.

  • News

    An Exxon Mobil In-House Leader Looks Back: A Q&A With JoAnn Lee

    Rebekah Mintzer | April 16, 2018

    Lee, a veteran of the legal department at Exxon Mobil, has a lot to say about the law and the legal profession's persistent diversity problem.

  • News

    LSAT's Grip on Law Schools Loosens With ABA's Latest Move

    Karen Sloan | April 16, 2018

    An American Bar Association committee has recommended axing the accreditation standard mandating that schools use a standardized test in admissions.

  • News

    How the Supreme Court's Online Sales Tax Case Could Affect Law Firms

    Marcia Coyle | April 16, 2018

    "States are actively looking for opportunities to expand their sales taxes to cover a broad-base of services, including services performed in other states," tax attorney David Fruchtman, chair of the state and local taxation practice at New York's Rimon, writes in an amicus brief in the Wayfair case at the Supreme Court.

  • Analysis

    Questions Over Collection and Review Pile Up in Mueller Investigation

    Ian Lopez | April 16, 2018

    In the ongoing investigation involving evidence of varying data types from various sources, questions over evidence production and review loom.

  • News

    Newt Gingrich Leaves Dentons, Eyes Relationship With New Law Firm

    Ryan Lovelace | Meredith Hobbs | April 16, 2018

    Gingrich, who joined Dentons' public policy and regulatory group in 2015, said he has been in talks with "various other global law firms."

  • Analysis

    Does Cyberinsurance Cover Phishing Scams? Ask Your Local Federal Court

    Rhys Dipshan | April 16, 2018

    Federal courts are split on whether computer fraud provisions in cyberinsurance policies cover the actions of employees tricked into sending funds to cybercriminals.

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  • News

    Video: Marcia Coyle Catches Up With Georgetown Law's Joshua Geltzer

    ALM Staff| April 15, 2018

    Marcia Coyle catches up with Joshua Geltzer, founding executive director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown University Law Center.

  • News

    Gorsuch Hires Native American Law Clerk, Likely First in SCOTUS History

    Tony Mauro | April 14, 2018

    "Justice Gorsuch has already brought a diverse group of clerks to the court and I am honored to deepen that diversity," says Tobi Young, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and general counsel to the George W. Bush Presidential Center.

  • News

    DraftKings, FanDuel in Settlement Talks Over Consumer Class Actions

    Amanda Bronstad | April 13, 2018

    Lawyers have asked a federal judge to halt consumer class actions against sports betting sites DraftKings Inc. and FanDuel Inc. while they hash out a possible settlement.

  • Investigation

    Prosecutors Say Cohen Under Investigation, Rebut Privilege Claims

    Christine Simmons | April 13, 2018

    Documents disclosed in the Southern District of New York show that Michael Cohen, the personal lawyer for President Donald Trump, is the subject of a criminal inquiry into his personal business dealings. He also received a $500,000 "alliance fee" from Squire Patton Boggs.

  • News

    Law Firms Rarely Have Policies About Lawyers Recording Phone Calls

    Miriam Rozen | April 13, 2018

    The legality of recording phone calls without permission is one thing. The ethics of doing so is another.

  • News

    Michael Cohen's Attorneys Claim Thousands of Privileged Documents Scooped Up in Raid

    Colby Hamilton | April 13, 2018

    Counsel for President Trump said she'd only been brought on board Wednesday—two days after the White House, and the world, learned of the government's raid on Trump's attorney's offices.

  • News

    Rod Rosenstein Set to Make Supreme Court Argument Debut This Month

    Tony Mauro | April 13, 2018

    That is, if he is still deputy attorney general. Rosenstein, who argued in federal appeals court as U.S. attorney for Maryland, has been the target of White House criticism in recent days regarding his oversight of Robert Mueller, the special counsel leading the Russia investigation.

  • DC Big Law Leaders Judge Zuckerberg; V&E Bulks Up Antitrust Bench

    Ryan Lovelace | April 13, 2018

    As the social media giant reaps the benefits from its success on Capitol Hill, other law firms are expanding inside the Beltway, while the D.C. Bar inaugurates its new home.

  • News

    Wells Fargo in Talks With Regulators Seeking $1B in Sanctions

    Sue Reisinger | April 13, 2018

    The troubled bank reported in its first quarter financial results that it may be taking another big hit from regulators.

  • News

    China Hacks on US Corporations Rising, With Law Firms, GCs Prime Targets

    Ian Lopez | April 13, 2018

    While China has been largely compliant with an agreement with the U.S. to not hack for intellectual property, new data indicates M&A info and contracts are viewed as fair game.

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  • News

    AP Article on Another National Enquirer 'Catch & Kill' Trump Story Notes Role Played by Boies Schiller

    Scott Flaherty | April 12, 2018

    But the firm says it did not try to undermine The Associated Press story and its role was very different from its representation of Harvey Weinstein.

  • News

    Polster Sets Aggressive Discovery Schedule, Slating Opioid Trial for March 2019

    Amanda Bronstad | April 12, 2018

    With lawyers at an impasse over settling the national opioid litigation, a federal judge in Cleveland has set an aggressive discovery schedule that includes going to trial on March 18 of next year.

  • Ruling on Salary History Fuels Renewed Focus on Gender Pay Inequities

    Erin Mulvaney | April 12, 2018

    “Plaintiffs lawyers are taking notice,” a Seyfarth Shaw partner says. “Given the prominence of the #MeToo movement, this will certainly continue and increase risk for employers.”

  • News

    Why Some Judicial Nominees Struggle When Asked About 'Brown v. Board of Education'

    Tony Mauro | April 12, 2018

    For some nominees, the concern is that by answering explicitly, they would be viewed as biased. For others, the decisions they are being asked to embrace are too controversial to touch.

  • Q&A

    Ex-Chadbourne Partner Kerrie Campbell Is Ready to Talk

    Vivia Chen | April 12, 2018

    With her pay discrimination suit behind her, the former Big Law partner has strong opinions about women in the legal profession and the #MeToo movement.

  • Analysis

    Facebook Collected Users' Text and Calls Logs. Will the FTC Act?

    Rhys Dipshan | April 12, 2018

    On Android mobile operating systems, Facebook could bundle its permissions requests, leaving users in the dark about exactly what data the mobile app was collecting.

  • News

    Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking Celebrities, Including Jennifer Lawrence

    Robert Storace | April 12, 2018

    George Garofano pleaded guilty in federal court this week to a hacking scheme that targeted people, including numerous actresses, in Connecticut and California. He faces up to five years in prison.

  • News

    Inside the DC Circuit Tussle Over Consumer Watchdog's Rightful Leader

    C. Ryan Barber | April 12, 2018

    “Unless you can enjoin the president here,” Judge Thomas Griffith said at one point during oral argument, “I don’t see how she gets relief.” The bureau's deputy director, Leandra English, claims she is the proper acting head. The Trump White House installed Mick Mulvaney as interim after the departure of Richard Cordray in November.

  • News

    Deadline for The American Lawyer Awards Approaching

    Gina Passarella Cipriani | April 12, 2018

    Check out the categories in our American Lawyer Awards for which submissions are due week. Some exciting new opportunities for those in the industry to show how they are revolutionizing the way legal services are delivered.

  • News

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